Lovell, Wyoming
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the North Big Horn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82431. It stands on Peterson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lovell quadrangle. 2,243 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,832 feet above sea level.
On record in Lovell
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
EJZ Bridge over Shoshone Riverlisted 1985
Hyart Theater, Thelisted 2009
M L Ranchlisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresLovell fell from 2,360 to 2,243 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,360 | |
| 2020 | 2,243 | -117 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1955 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cody quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Lovell quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Powell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
102 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Lovell between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,931 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bighorn County | 89 |
| 25 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bighorn County | 79 |
| 5 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bighorn County | 70 |
| 4 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Bighorn County | 79 |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bighorn County | 94 |
| 11 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cody Field Office | EMMA LOU |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Lovell: 6 producers, 5 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay, Bentonite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowley | Titanium-Heavy Minerals, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron | Occurrence | 1955 | |
| Little Sheep Mountain | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Unknown | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Yellowtail Mine | Uranium | Producer | ||
| American Colloid Co Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lovell Deposit #2 | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Sage Creek Mill | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Bentonite | Unknown | ||
| Gypsum Quarry No. 7 | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lovell in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2018: 8 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lovell | $35,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lovell | $12,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lovell | $12,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Lovell | - | Nickel sized hail covered the ground at the High Country Lodge. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lovell | - | Nickel sized hail was observed on the north side of Lovell. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lovell | - | Hail the size of quarters was reported in Lovell. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Lovell | - | At 1238 MST, a tornado formed 8 miles southwest of Lovell and moved east to 4 miles south/southwest of Lovell before lifting off the ground. This tornado formed over open country resulting in no damage, therefore it was rated F0. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lovell | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lovell | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Lovell | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Lovell | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Lovell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1029882 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1591067. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




